The function below can be used to get a user’s first and last name with a space between them, like “Kellen Mace”. If they only have a first name saved, it will return that, and it will return their WP login as a last resort. This is useful if you want to display the users’ names in a list, for example.
| <?php | |
| /** | |
| * Get user's first and last name, else just their first name, else their | |
| * display name. Defalts to the current user if $user_id is not provided. | |
| * | |
| * @param mixed $user_id The user ID or object. Default is current user. | |
| * @return string The user's name. | |
| */ | |
| function km_get_users_name( $user_id = null ) { | |
| $user_info = $user_id ? new WP_User( $user_id ) : wp_get_current_user(); | |
| if ( $user_info->first_name ) { | |
| if ( $user_info->last_name ) { | |
| return $user_info->first_name . ' ' . $user_info->last_name; | |
| } | |
| return $user_info->first_name; | |
| } | |
| return $user_info->display_name; | |
| } |
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